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9 Jun

CBC leads at RTDNA Canada awards with 24 wins

<p>CBC was the big winner at the RTDNA Canada awards in Toronto on June 7.</p><p>The public broadcaster picked up 24 awards, including CBC Edmonton winning the Dan McArthur Awards for investigative reporting in both the radio and TV categories.</p><p>For a complete list of award winners, <a href="http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/electronic-journalism-celebrated-with-rtnda-awards/1003101777/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Ricochet souhaite devenir le Médiapart canadien

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/kIJ8Iv03_0.png" title="" />Une nouvelle campagne de sociofinancement lancée par des journalistes est en cours sur la plateforme Indiegogo, afin de créer un nouveau média, qui en réponse à l’ultra-concentration de l’industrie, se veut véritablement indépendant.

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9 Jun

The Walrus leads at NMA with seven golds

<p><em>The Walrus</em>, which celebrated its 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary last year, led at the National Magazine Awards with seven gold awards. </p><p>Meanwhile, <em>Cottage Life</em> picked up the magazine of the year award, <em>Sportsnet</em> won tablet magazine of the year and Macleans.ca won magazine website of the year.</p><p>For a complete list of award winners, <a href="http://www.magazine-awards.com/multimedia/nmaf/NMA37_Winners_Press_Release_EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Kristine Owram joins Financial Post as transportation reporter

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Kristine Owram_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Kristine Owram will join <em>Financial Post</em> as its transportation reporter on June 23.</p>

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9 Jun

Cottage Life, Spacing lead at CSME awards with four wins

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/csme-winners_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of CSME</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>Cottage Life</em> and <em>Spacing</em> led at the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors awards in Toronto on June 4 with four wins each.</p>

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9 Jun

Globe public editor: More on political titles during election campaigns

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_21.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>There are many passionate advocates for Canadian political parties and some who believe that the news media are biased against their particular party or view.</p>

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6 Jun

10 départs volontaires souhaités à la Presse canadienne

<p><strong>Le président de la Presse canadienne,</strong> <strong>Malcom Kirk, était à Montréal cet après-midi pour rencontrer la salle de nouvelles. Devant la quasi totalité de la rédaction, il a annoncé qu’une dizaine de postes seraient coupés et que l’agence de presse allait se recentrer sur les sujets qui fonctionnent bien, tout en diversifiant son offre.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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6 Jun

Memo: Matt Frehner named Globe’s senior editor of mobile and interactive news

<p><strong>Here is <em>The Globe and Mail</em> memo on Matt Frehner's new appointment. </strong></p><p>We’re pleased to announce that Matt Frehner will be taking on the new role of Senior Editor, Mobile & Interactive News.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">He will manage a new mobile and interactive news unit that will focus on three things:</span></p><p>-          Driving impactful, ambitious long-term multimedia projects on all digital platforms in collaboration with reporters and editors.</p>

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5 Jun

Live blog: RTDNA National Conference

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5 Jun

Updated: Howard Green leaves BNN

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Howard Green.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><span style="font-size: 10px;">Long-time BNN anchor Howard Green left the network after 15 years last month.</span></p><p>Green was one of the founding anchors of BNN and the host of the network's flagship program, <em>Headline with Howard Green</em>. He did not say what was next for him or why he left in his tweet.</p>

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